Explanation
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this legislation is to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order for the installation and purchase of modular furniture for Columbus Public Health utilizing funds from the Health Department Grants Fund.
Columbus Public Health is in need of additional modular furniture and reorganization of office space to allow efficiency in several programs. Obtaining Herman Miller brand furniture will ensure the compatibility of the new items with the existing modular furniture and ensure that the warranty of the original furniture is maintained. Continental Office Furniture is the sole exclusive provider of Herman Miller for the Columbus and Franklin County markets.
The contract compliance number for Continental Office Furniture is 31-4413238, which expires 09/04/2017.
This ordinance is requested as an emergency to allow for the timely procurement of needed furniture, thereby allowing the purchase and installation to proceed without delay.
FISCAL IMPACT: Monies, in the amount of $18,410.57, for this expenditure are available within the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 251.
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To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to enter into contract with Continental Office Furniture, Inc. for the purchase and installation of modular office furniture in accordance with sole source provisions of the City Code; to authorize the expenditure of $18,410.57 from the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($18,410.57)
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WHEREAS, Columbus Public Health has a need for modular office furniture for its facility located at 240 Parsons Avenue; and,
WHEREAS, Continental Office Furniture was determined to be the sole provider of Herman Miller furniture in Columbus and Franklin County; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of Columbus Public Health in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to ente...
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